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Old and New London
… Situation of PeckhamQueen's RoadAlbert RoadThe Manor House of PeckhamHill StreetShard Square and the "Shard … by Priscilla Wakefield, in her "Perambulations of London," as "a hamlet in the parish of Camberwell, on the … Rye Lane is a large and well-built station, on the South London and the London, Chatham, and Dover Railways. Close by …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… geometrical pattern. ConditionFairly good. Secular a(2). House, 50 yards S. of the church, is of two storeys with … It appears to be the remaining wing of a 15th-century house, but has been refaced at the W. end with modern brick. … king-post truss. ConditionGood. a(3). Harvey's Farm, house, 700 yards S.W. of the church, is of two storeys, …
Survey of London
… Pelham House CHAPTER 5: LXVPELHAM HOUSE (FORMERLY NO. 1 WHITEHALL YARD.) Ground Landlords. The … disposed of it to the Hon. George Cavendish. See Survey of London, volume XIV, The Parish of St Margaret, Westminster …
A Dictionary of London
… belonging to the Earl of Pembrook. Now called Burgavenny house (ib.), the residence of Henry Nevill, 6th Earl of … In 1385 a grant was made to Michael Northburgh, bishop of London, of land near the stone wall of the bishop's palace, … chapel sometimes called " Recluso Sancti Eustachif Turris London" (Claus., 37 H. III. m. 21, quoted Bayley, Ed. 1830, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… S.S.W. of the church, is fragmentary. a(4). Court of Noke, house and moat, 1 m. N.W. of the church. The House is of two storeys with attics; the walls are of brick … has an original moulded surround. To the N. and E. of the house is a length of millstream with a right-angled bend. A …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… with the work elsewhere of Peter Mills, bricklayer, of London. The New Chapel bordering First Court on the S. was … the river at Tivoli' (Sebastian Serlio, Architecture, ed. London, 1611, Bk. III, cap. IV, f. 15). The window has a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the east end. Until 1709, when a room was built over it to house the library, there was a lantern and louvre in the … Hayward was again the architect, and the tender of a London builder was accepted for 4,677, but extra expenses … clergy for the Channel Islands. In 1636, when property in London and at Medmenham, Bucks., had escheated to the Crown, …
Survey of London
… Pembroke House CHAPTER 11: LXIXPEMBROKE HOUSE (No. 7 WHITEHALL GARDENS) Ground Landlords. The … purposes of the Ministry of Transport. The First Pembroke House. Pembroke House covers the site of the Queen's …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… with 200 royal bounty; net income, 77, with a glebe-house; patron, the Bishop of St. David's; impropriator, Lord … also preserved in the church or churchyard. The vicarage-house is an elegant building, surrounded with beautiful … been established in connexion with the central society in London, from which the parish received a grant of 28 towards …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… it passed to the Lacys, from whom it was inherited by the house of Lancaster. Henry, "the Good Duke," gave some … (N. N. E.) from Croydon; containing 270 inhabitants. The London and Croydon railway crosses the hamlet, near which one … 8 miles (W. S. W.) from Barnsley, and 177 (N. N. W.) from London. The town is situated on the south bank of the river …